Pine Crest School
Boca Raton, USA
A Finest School since 2012
A forward focussed community of learners
The highlights of the Pine Crest School programme:
Great Teachers
Strong academic program which ensure that student achieve their full potential.
Top Class Sports Programmes
Sports programmes that help students grow physically and physiologically.
School Profile
Pine Crest School is a private preparatory school with campuses in Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, Florida, United States. It was founded in Fort Lauderdale in 1934 by Mae McMillan, who also served as the school’s first president.
The School has two campuses—the main Mae McMillan Campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the William J. McMillan Campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The Boca Raton campus, originally Boca Raton Academy, was absorbed by Pine Crest in 1987 and hosts students in pre-kindergarten through Grade 8. The Fort Lauderdale campus hosts students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12.Pine Crest School offers more than 30 Advanced Placement courses in the Upper School.
Pine Crest has also been named a “Blue Ribbon School” by the United States Department of Education.[when?][6] In the 2004–2005 school year, three students were named Presidential Scholars by the US Department of Education, the first time more than two students in Florida were given the award; usually two students per state are awarded (six total were awarded to Florida students in 2005. The total enrollment for Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton is 2,555 students.
Each year, Pine Crest awards a student the competitive Coleman Prize which pays for half of the recipient’s senior year tuition and is not based on financial need.
What makes Pine Crest School one of the The World’s Finest Schools
Diversity, empowerment & quality
Pine Crest understands who their students are and provides them with a planned package of diverse learning experiences designed build them into indepenedent learners.
Student centred and ambitious
Pine Crest’s program is structured to help students understand the possibilities and opportunities that exist and helps them aspire to achieving some of them,.
Why choose this school…
Valuing who their students are
Pine Crest believes that diversity is an asset that is important enough to value, fost and invest in. By doing this they pu the student at the heart of their efforts and this shows.
Wonderful facilities designed for learning
A learning environment which is engaging and inspirational as well as secure and reassuring. Pine Crest provides a great spaces for important learning to take place.
Essential contact information
Address & contact information
Type: Independent, Non-sectarian
Motto: Education. Character. Leadership.
Established: 1934
Faculty: 210
Number of students: 2,662 (2 campuses)
Campus: Suburban, 78 acres, Ft. Lauderdale campus. 20 acres, Boca Raton campus
Color(s): Forest Green and White
Mascot: Panthers
Website: www.pinecrest.edu